16:25 Nottingham

Saturday 12 May 2018

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Genting Casino Nottingham Handicap

Off time: 16:26 | Winning time: 2m 8.32s

(2)

Music Seeker^t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: G C O'Neill⁽⁵⁾| T: D Carroll| OR: 77

4/1

Finished runner-up on good-to-soft ground over an extended 1m here last month and put in a fair effort when beaten 8L into fourth at Pontefract subsequently. Finished well beaten over this trip on seasonal debut.

Form: 367-724

(10)

Michele Strogoff¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 75

5/1

Pleasing debut for this yard when finishing third over 1m at Pontefract (soft). Has placed over this trip off a much higher mark in the past.

Form: 74348-3

(8)

Cyrus Dallin³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: G Mosse| T: W R Muir| OR: 74

20/1

Ran well to finish third over 7f on the AW at Lingfield in March but was well beaten at Chelmsford subsequently. Stamina to prove stepping up in trip.

Form: 94-4638

(3)

Rock Icon⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: J Hughes| OR: 72

8/1

Registered his second victory of the year when winning over 1m at Lingfield on the AW recently. Return to this trip should prove no inconvenience racing off a 5lb higher mark in this contest.

Form: 127831

(4)

Haroon^p1,t¹⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: Julia Brooke| OR: 72

66/1

Placed in a couple of maiden races over 1m1f last August but disappointed on handicap debut and pulled up over hurdles at Sedgefield when last in action. Cheekpieces tried on stable debut.

Form: 063220-

(11)

Boycie²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Hannon| OR: 71| D

7/1

Finished third over an extended 1m1f at Wolverhampton last month on his first outing since being gelded. Slightly disappointing over this trip subsequently and makes his return to turf in this.

Form: 5087-36

(1)

Nazzaa²²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Hollie Doyle| T: S Flook| OR: 69| CD

13/2

Lightly raced and a winner over C&D on good ground on handicap debut last August. Heavy ground likely to blame for poor performance subsequently and he is one to note on seasonal debut with forecast underfoot conditions in his favour.

Form: 78917-

(5)

Abel Tasman²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: P Cosgrave| T: E Walker| OR: 69| BF

5/1

Stepped up on seasonal debut when finishing runner-up on his return to the AW over this trip at Lingfield last time out. Interesting to see if he can reproduce that on his return to turf.

Form: 7322-02

(7)

Scottish Summit²²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: K Stott| T: G A Harker| OR: 68

20/1

Maiden after nine starts but ran well to finish third over this trip at Redcar (good-to-soft) on his final outing of last season. Worth a check in the market.

Form: 2/02463-

(6)

Stubytuesday²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 67

8/1

Victorious over 6f and 7f last year and ran well when tackling an extended 1m for the first time when finishing fourth on good-to-soft ground here on seasonal debut last time. Stepping up in distance.

Form: 15547-4

(9)

Broughtons Story¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: George Wood⁽³⁾| T: P J McBride| OR: 63| D

10/1

Successful on the AW over this trip in January but held in two subsequent starts on that surface. Shaped as if this return to 1m2f would suit when weakening over an extended 1m3f at Windsor (good) last time.

Form: 4-31765

(12)

Traveltalk¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁷⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 56| D

66/1

Sole success last season came in a soft ground selling contest over this trip at Redcar in October. Well held on both starts this term and others make more appeal.

Form: 3318-06

Forecasts

Music Seeker (4/1), Michele Strogoff (5/1), Abel Tasman (5/1), Nazzaa (13/2), Boycie (7/1), Rock Icon (8/1), Stubytuesday (8/1), Broughtons Story (10/1), Scottish Summit (20/1), Cyrus Dallin (20/1), Traveltalk (66/1), Haroon (66/1)

NAZZAA made all when winning over C&D in August and he is taken to repeat that on his first start of the season for trainer Steve Flook. The selection had excuses when disappointing subsequently and looks capable of getting the better of Broughtons Story who should appreciate this return to 1m2f while Rock Icon who has been in good form of late can claim third having run well over this trip in the past.